@Honda: Honda Sets Half of Fiscal Year Records for Automobile Production in China, Monthly Records for Automobile Production Worldwide, Overseas, in Asia and China

World Production

  September 2020 YOY 1st Half of Fiscal Year 2020
(Apr.-Sep. 2020)
YOY
Japan 66,851  102.4% 332,303 74.9%
Outside of Japan 405,845  111.2% 1,777,483 81.7%
North America 151,562  103.6% 623,896 67.3%
(USA) 102,112  105.6% 418,261 67.6%
Europe 8,030  77.3% 25,156 52.3%
Asia 232,621*1 120.6% 1,089,379 97.3%
(China) 189,060*1 133.9% 957,367*2 121.3%
Others 13,632      88.4% 39,052 47.8%
Total 472,696*1 109.9% 2,109,786 80.5%

 *1 Record high for the month of September
 *2 Record high for any half of fiscal years

The First Half of Current Fiscal Year

-Production in Japan for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year  decrease for the first time in five years.
-Production in regions outside of Japan for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
-Worldwide production for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in nine years.

September 2020

-Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in 13 months.
-Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two months.
-Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in 14 months.

Sales in the Japanese Market

  September 2020
YOY 1st Half of Fiscal Year 2020
(Apr.-Sep. 2020)
YOY
Total 59,504 81.4% 281,586 74.2%
Registrations 27,086 75.4% 135,779 72.2%
Mini-vehicles 32,418 87.2% 145,807 76.2%

The First Half of Current Fiscal Year

-Total Japanese sales for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years.
-New vehicle registrations for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two years.
-Sales of mini-vehicles for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years. 

September 2020

-Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 12th consecutive month.
-New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 12th consecutive month.
-Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the seventh consecutive month.
-Fit was the industry’s sixth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of September 2020 with sales of 8,922 units. Freed was the industry’s eighth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of September 2020 with sales of 7,689 units. 
-N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of September 2020 with sales of 18,631 units. N-WGN was the industry’s sixth best-selling car  in the mini-vehicle category for the month of September 2020 with sales of 8,977 units. 

Exports from Japan

  September 2020
YOY 1st Half of Fiscal Year 2020
(Apr.-Sep. 2020)
YOY
Total 7,746 71.3% 50,393 80.0%
North America 410 115.8% 3,285 38.9%
(USA) 410 115.8% 3,045 37.8%
Europe 5,273 60.5% 38,544 86.7%
Asia 851 104.9% 3,866 81.7%
Others 1,212 124.8% 4,698 87.0%

The First Half of Current Fiscal Year

-Total exports from Japan for the first half of current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.

September 2020

-Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two months.

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